Tuesday, March 29, 2011

2.81 Photo-tropism

photo-->light
tropism-->growth response


Positive photo-tropism of stem
Positive -->towards light
Negative-->away from light


A stem will always grow TOWARDS the light
--> Positive photo-tropism



light causes movement of the opposite side
causes movement of auxin
causes more growth on the opposite side
causes bending




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